Quote for the Night

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'St. Catherine of Bologna, when she wished to obtain any grace, had recourse to the souls in Purgatory, and her prayers were heard immediately. She declared that, by praying to those holy souls she obtained many favors which she had sought through the intercession of the saints without obtaining them. The graces which devout persons are said to have received through the holy souls are innumerable.'

St. Alphonsus Maria de Liguori

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'Obedience to a commandment purifies the soul, and purification of the soul leads to its participation in light.'

St. Thalassios the Libyan

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'More cheerfully did she go forth to her execution, than others go to their wedding.'

St. Augustine, of St. Agnes

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'For because sentence is not speedily pronounced against the evil, the children of men commit evils without any fear.'

Ecclesiastes 8:11

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'Even the holiest desires, whether they refer to the salvation of souls or the needs of the Church, which are very great, should be consumed in the fire of the love of God, whence they proceed, and await God's time for their fulfilment. Meanwhile cultivate one only desire, the most perfect of all; that is, to please God more and more, and to nourish yourself with His will.'

St. Paul of the Cross

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'Some people with a hot temper do not worry about it and ignore the remedies that would heal them. They forget, unfortunately, what is written: "Surely anger kills the fool, and jealousy slays the simple." (Job 5:2)'

St. John Climacus

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'You should always manage, as far as in you lies, that no one may depart after your sermon less disposed to peace with God than he was before it.'

St. Ignatius of Loyola

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'They who voluntarily commit sin show a contempt for life eternal, since they willingly risk the loss of their soul.'

Pope St. Gregory the Great

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'The air that we breathe, the bread that we eat, the heart which throbs in our bosoms, are not more necessary for man that he may live as a human being, than is prayer for the Christian that he may live as a Christian.'

St. Jean Eudes

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'Suppose that the whole horizon, as far as you can see from this mountain, were a sea of fire; if we cast into it a bit of oakum, it will disappear in an instant. So, when you have committed a fault, humble yourself before God, and cast your fault into the infinite ocean of charity, and at once it will be effaced from your soul; at the same time all distrust will disappear.'

St. Paul of the Cross

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'He who truly loves God regards as little what he suffers for God's sake.'

St. Paul of the Cross

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'In what does the praise of God consist, if not in a lamentation of the soul that it can never praise Him as it desires? And the desires, devotion, prayer and good will that a soul has to do good, all this is a sorrowful lamentation, and when I come to supply for it Myself, I heal it of all its wounds.'

The Lord, to St. Mechtilde

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'He will raise you to union with Himself in proportion as He finds you lowered in your own estimation. Do everything, therefore, through love and from a motive of humility.'

St. Margaret Mary Alacoque

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'Should anyone do anything that is disedifying, and it seems that as a result he should be held in less esteem than he was held before, let him not be so discouraged as to wish to give up, but let him humble himself and ask forgiveness of those who might have been scandalized by his bad example and a penance from his superior. He should thank God, who has permitted him to be humbled, so that he can be known by all for what he is. He should not wish to appear better in the eyes of men than he is in the eyes of God. The brethren who behold him should think that they could fall into even greater weakness, and should ask God to strengthen them.'

St. Ignatius of Loyola

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'You must offer yourself to God as a mere nothing to its Creator Who, finding no resistance, will give it such being as pleases Him.'

St. Margaret Mary Alacoque

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'Trust in God, O cowards, and cast your bread into the river of life; soon you shall find it in the ocean of eternity.'

St. Camillus de Lellis